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Chapter 49 Convince Chai Rong

When Chai Rong asked about the merchants, no one was surprised, and no one said that he was willing to sacrifice his power and forget his righteousness when he saw profit. The facts repeatedly proved that only those who had enough food and drink had the time to make trouble.

Although there are no hungry above the Golden Palace, there are not many people who are well-off.

Guo Wei ascended the throne, of course, was a great reward for the ministers, and a lot of official positions were spread. For example, Wang Jun, in addition to the Taifu and Privy Councilor, also received the title of Duke of Wei, and the rest of the people were all promoted, but the rewards were not yet reached, especially civil officials, who only received the salary owed by the previous dynasty, and finally could pay back the debts and walk with their chests so as not to block the creditor's door.

The martial artist is better than the civil servant. Guo Wei tried every means to raise 500,000 yuan, which temporarily satisfies everyone's appetite, but it is still too far from everyone's expectations.

Chai Rong took over the prefect of Kaifeng, guarding the largest city and the most important place of wealth. He should share Guo Wei's worries. He said without hesitation that as long as he could get money, Chai Rong was willing to do anything, even if he carried a burden and sold tea like he did ten years ago!

"Changshi Ye, I have already issued a military order to my father. From now on, Kaifeng will have to pay money to subsidize the expenses of the Ministry of Revenue. The first is 100,000 yuan, and the next month will increase by 500,000 yuan until 500,000 yuan!" Chai Rong took a deep breath, "All things are in trouble, and money is needed everywhere, but it is so difficult to make money. I admire Ye Changshi's ability to turn stones into gold. Are you willing to help me solve my urgent needs?"

Can Ye Hua refuse? This is the future boss!

Boss Guo’s arrangement has been revealed to the world. Chai Rong is the throne. If you don’t show your favor, what are you waiting for!

However, Ye Hua did not rush to come up with random ideas, but pondered, and then slowly said: "The imperial court enriches the country and makes profits from ordinary merchants. Merchants only seek the greatest profit, but the imperial court must take into account the people's livelihood and economy, and must benefit the country and the people, and do not ill the country from the top and the people from the bottom. Generally, fishing out of the pond, setting up names, exploiting the people, and exploiting merchants are not a long-term solution."

Ye Hua's opening remark surprised Wei Renpu and others. Wei Renpu thought Ye Hua had the most ideas, such as tax cuts, investment promotion, land speculation, etc. He thought Ye Hua had only such a good idea, but now he saw that his realm was high enough!

As Ye Hua talked freely, even Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, even the Grand Tutor Feng Dao, and Prime Minister Li Gu all came over. They listened quietly and nodded from time to time to agree. Obviously, the little Ye Hua brought them a great shock!

"Financial management is nothing more than two ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. If there is chaos today, wars are rampant. It is probably very difficult to reduce expenditure. The people's strength is in decline and the number of taxes is too numerous. If the tax burden is increased, it will only arouse civil unrest, and the gains will not be worth the loss!"

Wei Renpu nodded, but shook his head again, and said with a wry smile: "What Ye Changshi said is right, but it is not enough to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. What should I do? Isn't there any solution?"

"otherwise!"

Ye Hua said, "Financial management is adjusted within the original framework. To put it bluntly, it is a stagnant pool. Now that the pool of water cannot be disturbed, we should reform and reform, break the framework, and release more benefits!"

Chai Rong frowned and said, "Speak more specifically."

"Well, now people have no food, so they should have more land, cultivate more land and produce more grain. First, they should give land to the people, and secondly, they should recruit refugees, release slaves, increase labor, and encourage land reclamation. The court can stipulate that tax exemption for five years, and can also provide seeds, farm tools, oxen, etc. to help the people cultivate more. As long as the grain output increases, they will be peaceful when they are hungry."

Chai Rong was thinking about something, and he had thought about these things, and Ye Hua was simply saying it simpler and clearer.

"Mr. Fan, what do you think?" Chai Rong asked Fan Zhi.

Lao Fan thought for a while and said, "The several strategies proposed by Ye Changshi are all prescribed to the right medicine. Some big families, tens of thousands of slaves, do not accept taxes. They only know that the master's family, but not the court, and release the slaves is urgent. In contrast, it is even more urgent to teach the fields according to Ding's oral. The prosperity of the prosperous Tang Dynasty all originated from the method of giving fields..."

Fan Zhi was familiar with the anecdotes of the previous dynasty and told them in a casual manner, and introduced the practices of the Tang Dynasty. Chai Rong was very happy.

"Mr. Fan, come back and write a detailed note and give it to your father. It is urgent to eliminate evil policies!" Chai Rong was determined. At this moment, generals such as Wang Jun, Wang Yin, Guo Chongwei and others had come over.

Wang Jun did not speak in person, but Guo Chongwei jumped out in a hurry. He shouted, "I want to give the fields and release the slaves again. What do you want to do? Brothers tied their heads to their belts, and today is where they have today. Before they can live a good life, they have to use a knife to cut everyone's flesh. It's too unkind to do this!"

Chai Rong's face changed. He was very begging these military leaders, but he couldn't do anything about them. No matter how good things were, they couldn't resist the interference of these people!

Chai Rong glanced at him and wanted to see who could argue with reason. Unfortunately, all the words were too exhausted, including Wei Renpu. After all, it would be unreasonable to see a scholar when he met a soldier!

Suddenly, Ye Hua took a step and said with a smile: "General Guo, what you said is right. The whole world is defeated by the soldiers. If you want to give land, you should also give it to the soldiers first. I suggest that all the soldiers, Yongye Field and the distribution of land will be doubled. If wasteland is reclaimed, and the tax is exempted for five years, the court will give priority to providing agricultural tools. In short, the men in the army will have a stable life and be loyal to the court."

After Ye Hua finished speaking, he asked Guo Chongwei again, "General Guo felt that there were still shortcomings, just add them together."

Guo Chongwei opened his mouth, not knowing what he said. What Ye Hua said was indeed taking care of the interests of the army. But he always felt something was wrong, and it seemed that the two of them were not talking about the same thing!

Guo Chongwei scratched his head, a little stupid, but Wang Jun's nose was crooked. Guo Chongwei, are you a pig's head?

Ye Hua is clearly playing tricks on you!

Guo Chongwei opposed the granting of land and the release of slaves. That was because the generals in the army basically occupied a lot of land and raised a bunch of slaves. According to Ye Hua's suggestion, it was equivalent to cutting off their bodies. Who could agree?

And what Ye Hua added was even more ill-intentioned.

In name, he gave preferential treatment to soldiers, but in fact, it all fell on ordinary soldiers.

The Yongye Field Hekou distribution has doubled, but only 200 acres per person. As for the generals, there are tens of thousands of acres of land. I'm sorry, no one doubled it for you. Moreover, the land you occupy is not legal, and it can even be confiscated and distributed to soldiers.

Except for the big and rough people in the army, everyone present was a fox who became a spirit, who had been practicing for thousands of years and was extremely cunning, and immediately mastered the essence.

Ye Hua's method is actually to divide and disintegrate. On the one hand, the generals of the middle and upper levels and ordinary soldiers, they truly distribute the interests to the bottom levels, so that the soldiers can see the benefits.

In this way, even if the old soldiers want to make trouble, the soldiers below may not listen to them and may even strike back.

After all, after giving up the land and having a home, I feel at ease and I will not think about making trouble. This is a brilliant plan to remove the firewood from the cauldron! And it is a dignified and open plan.

Which general dares to stop the court from giving land to his brothers? Believe it or not? If that happens, the soldiers below can attack him and kill him!

The first person to see through Ye Hua's plot was Feng Dao. The old guy smiled slightly. He was indeed a shrewd boy, and he was a teachable boy!

After hesitating for a moment, Fan Zhi also figured it out. His eyes couldn't help but look horrified. Could such a clever way be thought of by a teenager? I don't believe it!

Fan Zhi stared at Ye Hua with his eyes as if he wanted to see through Ye Hua. He said quietly: "Thinking thoroughly, it is indeed extraordinary! But I don't know who Ye Changshi learned from and where did he learn the strategy of governing the country?"

Ye Hua had already prepared a speech and was about to speak, when Feng Dao suddenly smiled.
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